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this new push stems from revelations that the cia's original talking points used by ambassador susan rice in the days after the attack had undergone significant edits by senior administration officials. >> for the president's spokesman to say well there were only words or technical changes made in the e-mail is a flat-out untruth when we know any reference to act of terror or al qaeda were removed from those talking points and it was done at a deputy's meeting just before susan rice went -- >> would you call this a cover-up? >> i'd call it a cover-up. i would call it a cover-up in the extent that there was wi willful removal of information which was obvious. >> he said untruths by the way. he did not use the word lie. >>> former defense secretary robert gates defending the administration's handling of the attacks in libya. >> based on everything i've read people really didn't know what was going on in benghazi contemporaneously, and to send some small number of special forces or other troops in without knowing what the environment was or threat was without having any intelligence in
this new push stems from revelations that the cia's original talking points used by ambassador susan rice in the days after the attack had undergone significant edits by senior administration officials. >> for the president's spokesman to say well there were only words or technical changes made in the e-mail is a flat-out untruth when we know any reference to act of terror or al qaeda were removed from those talking points and it was done at a deputy's meeting just before susan rice went...
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i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get the answers they wanted in the hearings? i will ask the mother of shawn smith next. ♪ ♪ so you can make easy, no-fee reloads with cash and checks... and know you're not on your own. so you can get the reloadable card that keeps up with you. chase liquid. so you can. >> the fact is, we have four dead americans, was it because of a protest or guys out for a night deciding to kill americans, what difference does it make? >> secretary of state clinton testifying in a hearing. one of the whistle-blowers who testified a former regional security officer erick nord storm responded. it matters
i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get...
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i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get the answers they wanted in the hearings? i will ask the mother of shawn smith next. [ engine sputters ] [ dennis ] allstate wants everyone to be protected on the road. whether you're an allstate customer or not. all you have to do is call. [ female announcer ] call and sign up for good hands roadside assistance today. [ dennis ] are you in good hands? try mail marketing from constantcontact. it's the fastest, easiest way to create great-looking custom e-mails that bring customers through your door. sign up for your free trial today at constantcontact.com/try. >> the fact is, we have four d
i am tired of seeing the cia get beat up. they live under such a cloud of secrecy. and they are good people and honorable people and the cia would not have left them behind. i know them too well. there has to be more hearings and we are calling for a bipartisan commission and bring in the military and cia people and get to the bottom of this. >> i hope it happens. general, thank you. and christian, you having first- hand knowledge. >> the family members of the benghazi victims get...
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with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi in the dark as well. >>> coming up, not a great week for the president but while the scandals swirl there is a little teenie bit of good news getting ground out, the deficit problem may be slowing -- not disappearing -- slowing. breaking news out of the arab world. an al qaeda backed suicide attack is foiled in egypt. the reported target? western embassies. we'll have an update when "the we'll have an update when "the lead" continues. b positive?? have you eaten today? i had some lebanese food for lunch. i love the lebanese. i... i'm not sure. enough of the formalities... lets get started shall
with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi...
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she's battled cia assassins and evil scientists as a movie star. but hollywood a-lister and global activist angelina jolie is waging a real life war against a disease that threatens to cut short the real lives of women. it's her newly public battle against the risks of breast cancer that has turned her into a true inspiration for women around the world. >> wherefore she goes, whatever she does, angelina jolie captured headlines and the limelight like a magnet. >> in some ways it seems you've used a sort of jiu-jitsu move of celebrity, all of this enormous spotlight on you. you seem to want to turn around on people who would otherwise get no attention. >> yeah. and that's the positive thing of celebrity. i can do more good with one foot on one side and one foot in the other. >> her stunning beauty and hit movies like laura croft, tomb raider. >> an oscar for "girl interrupted." >> i'm playing the villain, baby. just like you want. >> for her pairing with superstar brad pitt. together in "mr. and mrs. smith". >> who's your daddy now? soo. >> and thei
she's battled cia assassins and evil scientists as a movie star. but hollywood a-lister and global activist angelina jolie is waging a real life war against a disease that threatens to cut short the real lives of women. it's her newly public battle against the risks of breast cancer that has turned her into a true inspiration for women around the world. >> wherefore she goes, whatever she does, angelina jolie captured headlines and the limelight like a magnet. >> in some ways it...
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turns out the original drafts talked about extremists with links to al-qaeda and noted the cia had warned for months about threats in benghazi. but all that was taken out before susan rice went on the sunday talk shows. we invited congressmen from two key house panels. mike rogers the republican chair of the intelligence committee and from seattle adam smith the top democrat on the armed services committee. you were on "fox news sunday" september 16 right after susan rice came on the show he and she said it was a spontaneous reaction to a video he that had been hijacked by extremists. from the very beginning you doubted her account. let's watch. >> i have serious questions. it seemed to be a military style coordinated. i'm just suspect that they could come to that conclusion that it was a spontaneous effort given the coordination of it. >> chris: after what you learned this week, the fact of what state department officials were saying during the attack. how often and the talking points were changed, did the obama administration mislead or even lie to the american people? >> well, it is --
turns out the original drafts talked about extremists with links to al-qaeda and noted the cia had warned for months about threats in benghazi. but all that was taken out before susan rice went on the sunday talk shows. we invited congressmen from two key house panels. mike rogers the republican chair of the intelligence committee and from seattle adam smith the top democrat on the armed services committee. you were on "fox news sunday" september 16 right after susan rice came on the...
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the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was planned or imminent. the intelligence community is combing through before and after to determine the full extent of who was involved. i dotted there is some evidence in here that the state department was covering themselves because they had some warnings about possible problems along these lines. but it doesn't seem to implicate hillary clinton and it certainly doesn't match the narrative that this was all somehow a political cover-up of what actually happened on those days. so i'm glad the white house released the reports. we're going to pore through them
the general counsel said cia said let's be careful, folks. the fbi and the people doing the investigation don't want us talking about who we think might be responsible. and then later on, there is an anti-smoking gun. a memo on the 14th which was the day before susan rice went on tv from a guy named matt olson who is a long time anti-terrorism guy. he is the head of the national anti-terrorism center. he said at this point, we're not aware of any actionable intelligence that this attack was...
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though now we know that the white house had access to e-mails going back and forth showing that the cia in fact called it a terrorist act and we were just a few weeks out of an election. >> there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there is no video that justifies on attack on an embassy. >> also tough trying to get every single one of them wrong, too. >> geraldo: is there any indication yet that any one in the white house was aware of what the irs was doing vis-a-vis the tea party or other conservative groups? >> it would be unbelievable to think that not a sing isle person in the white house close to the president didn't know anything about this. the president has created, geraldo, an environment, a culture of guerilla warfare. he is obsessed with power and ego and hates dissent. he created this environment. who has created all of this? who has created this obsession with power and hatred for dissent in all of these scandals? it is the president. the fact it clearly it just so happens that everyone targeted happens to
though now we know that the white house had access to e-mails going back and forth showing that the cia in fact called it a terrorist act and we were just a few weeks out of an election. >> there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there is no video that justifies on attack on an embassy. >> also tough trying to get every single one of them wrong, too. >> geraldo: is there any indication yet that any one in...
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to suspected ties between the ties and islamic militants, al qaeda groups to scrub the report of the cia's notation that it had warned of unrest and other attacks in the area prior to the 9/11-12 attack. critics accused the obama administration of being less than honest about this attack, in particular in the days and weeks right after it happened because, as you may recall, president obama was in a fight for his reelection at the time. moments ago, president obama addressed that criticism live. listen here. >> the whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a side show. and the e-mails that you allude to were provided by us to congressional committees. they reviewed them several months ago, concluded that, in fact, there was nothing afoul in terms of the process that we had used. and suddenly three days ago, this gets spun up as if there's something new to the story. the whole thing defies logic and the fact that this keeps on getting churned out frankly has a lot to do with political motivations. >> in moments, we'll be joined by congress darrell issa. we cha
to suspected ties between the ties and islamic militants, al qaeda groups to scrub the report of the cia's notation that it had warned of unrest and other attacks in the area prior to the 9/11-12 attack. critics accused the obama administration of being less than honest about this attack, in particular in the days and weeks right after it happened because, as you may recall, president obama was in a fight for his reelection at the time. moments ago, president obama addressed that criticism...
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why did he want to put a flag up over the cia operation? thank you, michael crowley. thank you, great reporting, jonathan. we're going to be right back after this. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may occur. report these symptoms to your doctor. tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medications. serious side effects could include increased risk of prostate cancer; worsening prostate symptoms; decreased sperm count; ankle, feet or body swelling; enlarged or painful breasts; problems breathing while sleeping; and blood clots in the legs. common side effects include skin redness or irritation where applied,
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why did he want to put a flag up over the cia operation? thank you, michael crowley. thank you, great reporting, jonathan. we're going to be right back after this. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. help the gulf recover, andnt to learn from what happenedg goals: so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vita
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that the cia, the leaders at the cia, very much agreed with the assessment of the state department and the white house that they were content that the final talking points were not scrubbed down in any way. that they believe that those did accurately nonstra lly no lly d assessment of what took place at that time on september 11th of 2012 at the mbenbenghazi diplom facility. initially referred to as a consulate. one of the specific changes referred to a stylistic at the time. we saw -- we have now copies of all 12 of the talking points. and the e-mail conversations that took place behind the scenes. there are e-mails from the cia director at the time, david petraeus, the deputy director, mike morrell. as well as e ma-mails written b top people at the white house as well as members at the state department. >> you mean there's been some revision now in what we know to be the case, that ansar sharia, the al qaeda group in south africa was somehow erased? take that one. the initial version of the talking points to be used by susan rice referenced ansar sharia, al qaeda group in north afric
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that the cia had infiltrated an al qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. the bomb was a more advanced version the so-called underwear bomber attempted to use on christmas day in 2009. here was nbc news reporting at the time. >> this is a remarkable success for the intelligence agencies of the united states and its allies. and here's why. they managed to insert a critical informant into the very heart of the terror group that's considered the number one threat to the united states. al qaeda's offshoot in yemen. >> reporter: administration and intelligence officials say by the time this most recent plot was in its final planning stages, the u.s. and its allies were able to follow it in detail. what the terrorists in yemen did not know at the time these officials say is that the person they chose to be the suicide bomber was actually an informant, someone who had agreed to cooperate with an ally intelligence service. members of congress declined to be specific but praised the cia and the overseas counterparts. >> this was incredibly good intelligence work. th
that the cia had infiltrated an al qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. the bomb was a more advanced version the so-called underwear bomber attempted to use on christmas day in 2009. here was nbc news reporting at the time. >> this is a remarkable success for the intelligence agencies of the united states and its allies. and here's why. they managed to insert a critical informant into the very heart of the terror group that's considered the number one threat to the united states. al qaeda's...
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allegedly trying to recruit a russian for the cia. in a scene right out of the cold war, 29-year-old ryan fogle, a low-level diplomat, allegedly caught with a spy's tool kit. wigs, sunglasses, maps, money. even a letter offering his russian contact up to $1 million a year. quote, to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. that's instructions for opening up a gmail account. the russians released fogle to the u.s. embassy. he'll probably be sent home. on twitter, the u.s. ambassador had no comment. at washington's popular spy museum, a former cia spy says it happens all the time. >> even the disguise material, which people have sort of charteled about, i've used d disguise. it can work. >> reporter: the russians call the incident provocative. secretary of state kerry was meeting with his russian counterpart in sweden, presumably not swapping spy stories. >> you see those wigs? a letter telling -- something. >> the wig, the letter. >> something amiss with that. you okay this morn? >> all right. a late night. chris christie wa
allegedly trying to recruit a russian for the cia. in a scene right out of the cold war, 29-year-old ryan fogle, a low-level diplomat, allegedly caught with a spy's tool kit. wigs, sunglasses, maps, money. even a letter offering his russian contact up to $1 million a year. quote, to discuss your experience, expertise and cooperation. that's instructions for opening up a gmail account. the russians released fogle to the u.s. embassy. he'll probably be sent home. on twitter, the u.s. ambassador...
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included by the cia. two references to the al qaeda were removed by intelligence community, not the white house and the cia. and three, the heart of your question, what we were trying to do at the time was get it right based in a very challenging environment with shifting information at the same time to protect the invet grate of the inve investigation that was going to happen to ensure that we brought justice to the people who committed this heinous act. >> the phone record for the a.p. is an issue. the attorney general will stand by the white house fully? >> the president has faith in attorney general holder. our cardinal rule is we don't get involved in independent investigations, and this is one of those. as general principle, we want to balance, national security leaks are dangerous. people that put the lives of our intelligence officers, our military at risk. but, two, we have to do it in a way in a balances freedom of press, which is why the president called on congress to pass the media shield law
included by the cia. two references to the al qaeda were removed by intelligence community, not the white house and the cia. and three, the heart of your question, what we were trying to do at the time was get it right based in a very challenging environment with shifting information at the same time to protect the invet grate of the inve investigation that was going to happen to ensure that we brought justice to the people who committed this heinous act. >> the phone record for the a.p....
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provided in the context of the confirmation as cia director. after seeing the e-mails they approved john brennan. it was a large bipartisan vote. theres no issue here. what is clear from the e-mails is three thing debunk all of the conspiracies here. first the idea that there was a protest is put together -- >> chris: they say the attack was inspired by the protests in cairo. there is no mention of a protest against the video in any of the talking points. >> the idea that the point is that the -- the argument here has been from republicans is that it had nothing to do with the pro tests and that was how somehow fabricated by the administration for political reasons. >> chris: is there a mention about the talking points? there is no demonstration against the video in benghazi? >> what the fact that that happened is what a lot of people -- the second thing in the talking points is that the references to terror and al-qaeda were removed notpy the white house or the state department but by the cia. and this h is why -- >> chris: but the state depar
provided in the context of the confirmation as cia director. after seeing the e-mails they approved john brennan. it was a large bipartisan vote. theres no issue here. what is clear from the e-mails is three thing debunk all of the conspiracies here. first the idea that there was a protest is put together -- >> chris: they say the attack was inspired by the protests in cairo. there is no mention of a protest against the video in any of the talking points. >> the idea that the point...
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because it started in may of last year with this scoop from the ap that the cia had foiled an al-qaeda suicide bomb plot being planned around the anniversary of osama bin laden's death, the plot being orchestrated by an affiliate in yemen that involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb in detroit on christmas day in 2009 and get this. that the fbi actually had the bomb in its possession, had managed to get its hands on the bomb and was examining it to see whether it could have passed through airport security. the ap did not publish this when it first had the information because intelligence operation was still underway. so if he pulls the story and they do report on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the ap's report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the ball, right? the fact the ap got a hold ahead of time and the cia was saying the operation was not incomplete, that got capitol hill worried.
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and cia military move pt? >> that a good question. right now the group is under pressure but most of it is from drones and airstrikes. but the yemeni government right now, we have to remember that arab spring, in egypt meu barry goes to prison. sulla didn't lose, he just stepped down from being the president. he is still a political figure. there is all of these tensions, behind the scenes maneuvering between the different factions and the yemeni government doesn't have complete control over large portions of the country right now. >> gregory, i know you are a yemen expert. not necessarily a guantanamo expert. but if you -- if something was able to be worked out an these 59 guys were shipped from cuba to home to yemen like the yemeni government is arguing for, do you think that would ehe is not blly be the key to closing guantanamo. >> it would be i think a large step towards closing guantanamo. you i think there is a bigger issue, and that is keeping people indefinitely detained outside the legal framework. and so president obama is
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with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like to think that the white house has more honor than that. we've been talking about, judge, on your show surely since the attack occurred. the white house, oddly enough, is in charge of the white house talking points, the points that they put together under their direction to explain their position on any particular matter. they would like us to think somehow that the cia is driving that train or the state department now. as if somehow the white house is nothing more than a mouthpiece. you send over your talking points, we'll read whatever you draft. it's an indication of this continuing contempt that the president has for the public and the belief that they can't tell the difference between a load of crap and the truth. >> that's an interesting comment. colonel hunt, i'm going back to y
with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like to think that the white house has more honor than that. we've been talking about, judge, on your show surely since the attack occurred. the white house, oddly enough, is in charge of the white house talking points, the...
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>> well, they certainly did remove those references, whether they were removed by the cia or whether they were removed by people in the state department is unclear. but the attack point and i do agree that that's troubling, but those talking points should have been put out months ago and the removal of that phrase should have been explained. i'm not justifying the removal but the republicans focused on the words spontaneous demonstration inspired by cairo and i learned for the first time that that never changed from the cia's first formulation. >> the problem with that -- >> why not communicate that right up front? >> i agree with you. i think the problem is the removal of the al qaeda reference was being seen as a deliberate action by people in the administration to avoid that being the narrative, that al qaeda was still active and killing american ambassadors and other staff. i think you put it all together with the irs targeting the tea party, the benghazi issue of these talking points and al qaeda references being removed, the a.p. being targeted by the justice department and wha
>> well, they certainly did remove those references, whether they were removed by the cia or whether they were removed by people in the state department is unclear. but the attack point and i do agree that that's troubling, but those talking points should have been put out months ago and the removal of that phrase should have been explained. i'm not justifying the removal but the republicans focused on the words spontaneous demonstration inspired by cairo and i learned for the first time...
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i don't understand why the investigation isn't focused on the cia and state and security reasons. it seems clear to me the cia is somehow -- they're escaping this more than any other part. >> they are arguing and have been arguing since before the debate with mitt romney, we all watched on television, that this administration covered up an act of terrorism to get re-elected. that's their main point. did they or didn't they? >> that should be the focus. my guess is we find out that is not the case. the problem is because the administration mishandled the talking points, the message, they have allowed the republicans to take advantage of that and shift the focus to -- >> and define if a fifine it an- >> dennis mcdonough, chief of staff to president, dan pfeiffer, jennifer pamier trying to figure out how to get the one issue behind them? >> they're assuming this is going to get behind them. this is no big deal. it will blow over. >> let's move on to something. i'm convinced just studying politics people are more concerned about their own lives than something over in libya and they're
i don't understand why the investigation isn't focused on the cia and state and security reasons. it seems clear to me the cia is somehow -- they're escaping this more than any other part. >> they are arguing and have been arguing since before the debate with mitt romney, we all watched on television, that this administration covered up an act of terrorism to get re-elected. that's their main point. did they or didn't they? >> that should be the focus. my guess is we find out that...
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these e-mails show exchanges between officials at the white house, the cia, and the state department over exactly what should be said in those talking points, the ones would be first provided to a house intelligence committee, but also provided to susan rice on that sunday following the benghazi attack. and i think the most significant lesson that we learn from reading these documents at this point is at least according to a senior administration official, that they say even though there was a lot of evidence that the state department, we reported, wanted changes, a senior intelligence official says specifically that they wanted the same changes independently of the state department and that they proactively made those changes. in these documents, we see one of the versions of the talking points, where then deputy cia director mike morel had crossed out a lot of the language in there, specifically language that referred to al qaeda and referred to past cia warnings. the concern among senior administration officials who tell nbc news this was that they didn't want to prejudice the fbi
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on friday we learned the cia talking points went through 12 rounds of changes with the heavier than usual previously thought involvement of the state doe apartment and the white house. that it was outlined in a series of e-mails. here's what the president had to say about it all today. >> the whole issue of this, of talking points, frankly throughout this process has been a sideshow. the e-mails that you allude to were provided by us to congressional committees. suddenly three days ago, this gets spun up as if there's something new to the story. there's no there-there. and the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations. we've had folks who have challenged hillary clinton's integrity, susan rice's integrity, mike mullen and tom pickering's integrity. it's a given that mine gets challenged by these same folks. they've used it for fund-raising. >> was the president right? is the issue of how the talking points were changed a political sideshow? u.s. congressman michael turner is on the oversight and government reform committee which held
on friday we learned the cia talking points went through 12 rounds of changes with the heavier than usual previously thought involvement of the state doe apartment and the white house. that it was outlined in a series of e-mails. here's what the president had to say about it all today. >> the whole issue of this, of talking points, frankly throughout this process has been a sideshow. the e-mails that you allude to were provided by us to congressional committees. suddenly three days ago,...
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the emails reveal that white house officials at that time, like john brennan, now director of cia, made at least one substantive change to the talking points on that friday, a fact that contradicts the claim by java this week that the white house's only contribution to the 12 drafts was the minor tweaking of consulate to diplomat facility late in the process. the fbi was still maintaining that al-qaeda was involved in the benghazi attacks even after the cia had stricken all references to that terror group. greta? >> greta: why were the emails classified? do you have any idea? there's nothing particularly earth shaking. when things are classified that shouldn't be, it never sends a good signal to me. >> the conclusion of people who studied benghazi closely, followed the story all along, that the contents are not helpful to the white house. i don't think these emails help them. >> greta: that's not a reason to classify, things that make you look bad. >> not all of it was classified. i asked the tonight who was the actual authority to declassify documents declassified these. was it the pre
the emails reveal that white house officials at that time, like john brennan, now director of cia, made at least one substantive change to the talking points on that friday, a fact that contradicts the claim by java this week that the white house's only contribution to the 12 drafts was the minor tweaking of consulate to diplomat facility late in the process. the fbi was still maintaining that al-qaeda was involved in the benghazi attacks even after the cia had stricken all references to that...
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as the guys on the e-mail shows then white house director john brennan who is the director of the cia said they tweaked it. jay carney said they were only minor tweaks. >> that initial information that includes all information we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that it was a preplanned or pre-meditated attack. >> the early drafts read we know islamic extremists with ties to al qaeda participated in the attack. hours later that day both al qaeda and attacks were deleted. it had been replaced with quote violent demonstrations. state department spokesman victoria newland they show evidence of communication between her leadership and national security staff to soften sop some of the language in the talking points. the first example: language about the cia's prior red flags were addressed and she suggested taking them out. as some lawmakers tell us such as lindsay gram and jason chafus we don't have all of the documents at all. >> i know absolutely for total certain at this this is a small anying goj. there are 25,000 documents. >> e-mails? >> a lot of them e-mails a lot of the
as the guys on the e-mail shows then white house director john brennan who is the director of the cia said they tweaked it. jay carney said they were only minor tweaks. >> that initial information that includes all information we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that it was a preplanned or pre-meditated attack. >> the early drafts read we know islamic extremists with ties to al qaeda participated in the attack. hours later that day both al qaeda and attacks were deleted....
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indeed, at one point, a cia official said added we revised the document with their concerns in mind. now, major player in all of that was then state department spokeswoman victoria nuland. at 7:16 p.m., she e-mailed quote, the line about knowing there were extremists among the demonstrate evers will come back to us at podium. how do we know, who are they? 23 minutes later without any reply to her earlier e-mail, she wrote again, quote, i just had a convo with redacted name and added on that basis i have serious concerns about all the parts highlighted below. that's when she commenced the argument we have been reporting on for more than a week now, about whether or not we want to be feeding any narratives about how cia gave previous warnings and so forth. >> as i read these talking points that were originally put together by the cia, they do make reference to a spontaneous attack, then they change it to spontaneous demonstration. what they say is this is the first version before our state department weighed in. we believe based on the currently available info, that it was spontaneousl
indeed, at one point, a cia official said added we revised the document with their concerns in mind. now, major player in all of that was then state department spokeswoman victoria nuland. at 7:16 p.m., she e-mailed quote, the line about knowing there were extremists among the demonstrate evers will come back to us at podium. how do we know, who are they? 23 minutes later without any reply to her earlier e-mail, she wrote again, quote, i just had a convo with redacted name and added on that...
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also this week a spy scandal russia exposes the cia's chief in moscow on u.s. intelligence is caught red handed on to a crude.
also this week a spy scandal russia exposes the cia's chief in moscow on u.s. intelligence is caught red handed on to a crude.
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the cia isn't speaking. tonight, fogel has been kicked out of the country, headed back to the u.s., from russia with love. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and back here at home tonight, the financial markets had a lot of fizz again today. the dow closing up 123 points, another record close. >>> and one driver of the economy, the buying power of hispanic americans. so how does everyone get in on this great action? tonight abc's david muir is back with more in our "made in america" series. what's selling hot and why. >> the newest numbers really tell the story. within two years, one of the 33 babies born in america, hispanic. hispanic american families, a force. soon spending 1.5 trillion a year on goods, creating jobs for the companies who jump on this opportunity. on the streets of mexico city, we noticed something. that first red truck, that bimbo bear, with the thumb's up, they're everywhere. and how many stops in one day for one truck? 30 stops in one day alone. tonight here's why american compa
the cia isn't speaking. tonight, fogel has been kicked out of the country, headed back to the u.s., from russia with love. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and back here at home tonight, the financial markets had a lot of fizz again today. the dow closing up 123 points, another record close. >>> and one driver of the economy, the buying power of hispanic americans. so how does everyone get in on this great action? tonight abc's david muir is back with more in our...
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. >>> the cia trained a cat to spy on the enemy in the 1960s. when they released the cat, it got hit by a car. this is true. at which point the russian driving the car was like, it's done. >>> in australia, an implosion gone bad. with an extra push, the building came down. >>> this is billionaire richard branson, paying up on a bet he lost. it toox guts. >>> and holy replica, batman. a florida shop created a street-legal version of the batmobile. >>> a new report suggests insects are healthy sources of protein and fiber the. >>> according to the un, all your new yorkers with bed bugs are technically ranchers. >>> a bat on the loose in baseball. luckily, this fan had it covered. prince harry took to the field, too. his visit to the u.s. was a home run. charming crowds. >> is that one direction? >> no, it's not, jon. the dashing soldier prince who makes people react to him like this. >> frankly, i found him to be a very attractive young man. >> gotta love it. all right. a childish politician test tube meat and the many faces of difd beckham. time
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we learned last week that the cia's talking points on benghazi went through 11 rewrites at the behest of the state department and white house, which basically converted them from true to false by stripping out all references to terrorism. nothing new here, said mr. obama today adding the dubious claim that he himself had called it terrorism from the start. well, if that's true, then why did he permit his u.n. ambassador susan rice to recite those bogus talking points on five sunday programs days later and for her to add the bogus claim that it all stemmed from internet video? it may be late in the game for mr. obama to switch to take charge mode on benghazi. but duck and cover sure isn't working either. bret? >> bret: there is a potential third scandal now with this a.p. story. what are your thoughts on this? the justice department and what is happening with a.p. >> well, there had been a kind of bonded trust that existed between this administration and most elements of the mainstream media on benghazi last week, we could see that begin to fray for sure. you could see suddenly you had
we learned last week that the cia's talking points on benghazi went through 11 rewrites at the behest of the state department and white house, which basically converted them from true to false by stripping out all references to terrorism. nothing new here, said mr. obama today adding the dubious claim that he himself had called it terrorism from the start. well, if that's true, then why did he permit his u.n. ambassador susan rice to recite those bogus talking points on five sunday programs...
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says the written busting of a cia spy goes against the u.s. russia spirit of trust while the scandal leads the american agent of the mercy of the world's media with a steady flow of drugs and guns over his clothes the scale. of . the pleasures more than haunt the billion euros towards rebuilding mali as a major donors conference even of the eurozone economy shrinks for the sake of course i am. also this hour security over the sanctity of the u.s. government is up to a massive players operation...
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then cia director. he goes, why are we even bothering with these talking points? they've become so watered down. it had to do with what the state department wanted done. >> and very quickly, i read a headline that said republicans see blood in the water. they see a president very vulnerable politically. is there a danger they will overreach? >> there is. that's what happened to republicans in 1998 with bill clinton. and if all of congress is focusing on hearings to do scandals, the voters will punish them. they've done it in the past. >> chuck todd, more to come on this, thank you very much. >> thanks very much. >>> bad news if you dreamed of waking up $360 million richer this morning. there was no powerball win erbil last night. you know what that means? the jackpot and lottery fever are now growing. more on this. mara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, to you. well, the power ball jackpot soars to at least $475 million for saturday's drawing. the odds of winning are 1 in 175 million, but lots of folks are still hoping lady luck is on their side. >>
then cia director. he goes, why are we even bothering with these talking points? they've become so watered down. it had to do with what the state department wanted done. >> and very quickly, i read a headline that said republicans see blood in the water. they see a president very vulnerable politically. is there a danger they will overreach? >> there is. that's what happened to republicans in 1998 with bill clinton. and if all of congress is focusing on hearings to do scandals, the...
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karl that ben rhodes, advisor to the white house, suggested the state department's concerns about the cia talking points needed to be resolved. they needed to have a meeting and concerns needed to be resolved. now someone leaked to jake tapper suggesting ben rose said something far less than they need to be resolved. he said let's get together, we have to have discussion. everyone's points need to be taken into consideration with respect to the investigation. now the white house is using this to say you see, republicans just leaked to these reporters to make this political. and so this is all much ado about nothing. your thoughts? >> the problem is that we -- what we know about the substance of those of various iterations of the talking points is they were converted from true to false and we know, because ben rose is saying everybody's got to get together, that by itself is all right except for the problem that what was the product was something that was misleading and -- i mean terribly misleading in a way that served to advance the administration's story that terrorism was on the wane a
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was in connection with that cia story? >> no. they've not said it but i think that's a pretty open secret at this point. >> okay. thanks as always. >> witness now, the white house correspondent at "time" magazine and form he chief d.o.j. spokesman matt mill here served as a top aide to attorney general eric holder. let me start with you. ben smith has a column about this today. in a typical buzz feed manner, it includes a gift. >> cats. >> not taco cat but a gift of president obama morphing into president nixon. he talks about the fact that of course, republicans and republican administrations have behaved with similar overreach. and writes if the old republican party has little credibility on the questions of civil liberties and individual autonomy, a new one which joined at first hesitantly in senator rand paul is perfectly positioned to make its new challenge to the white house and the president. so what do you make of the politics of this? is this a turning point for the administration? >> i don't know if any one of these ind
was in connection with that cia story? >> no. they've not said it but i think that's a pretty open secret at this point. >> okay. thanks as always. >> witness now, the white house correspondent at "time" magazine and form he chief d.o.j. spokesman matt mill here served as a top aide to attorney general eric holder. let me start with you. ben smith has a column about this today. in a typical buzz feed manner, it includes a gift. >> cats. >> not taco cat...
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and more spies in disguise russian security exposes a cia chief in moscow as u.s. intelligence has left red faced after again getting caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent.
and more spies in disguise russian security exposes a cia chief in moscow as u.s. intelligence has left red faced after again getting caught red handed trying to recruit a russian agent.
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did not publish this when it first had the information because the white house and cia asked them not to because intelligence operation was still underway. so, if he pulls the story and th do rert on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the a.p.'s report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the bomb, right? the fact the a.p. got ahold ahead of time and the cia was saying the operation was not incomplete, that got capitol hill worried. lawmakers from both parties rushed to the microphones to demand investigations, criminal charges and prosecutions in what they are now calling a leaked case. >> i've ordered a preliminary review. and this has been a damaging leak. we shouldn't underestimate what really happened here. >> the fbi has to do a complete investigation because this is really criminal in the literal sense of the word to leak out this type of sensitive, classified information on really almos
did not publish this when it first had the information because the white house and cia asked them not to because intelligence operation was still underway. so, if he pulls the story and th do rert on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the a.p.'s report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the bomb,...
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not apparently for the cia but for noern western intelligence service. the reason that we know that is why the records from 20 phone lines and associated press bureaus in d.c. and new york and hartford and congress and all these reporters' personal phones and everything all ended up in the hands of the justice department even though we supposedly have a free press in this country. and reporters are supposed to be able to talk to people without the government spying on them while they work. when it was reported a year ago that a plot to blow up a u.s.-bound plane had been thwarted in yemen with be one of the details that the ap reported at the time was that the actual bomb from that plot not only hadn't been detonated on that plane, but the actual bomb had ended up in american hands. it was at the fbi bomb lab at quantico. being analyzed. juicy detail. right? hey, wait a minute, how did we get the bomb? it was that detail that led to the ultimate story that this bomb plot had not just been caught at the gate by an extra good pat-down or something. the bom
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the ap story apparently stems from the disclosure of a cia operation in yemen. the white house was widely accused of letting that information get out there to burnish its antiterrorism credentials -gs in advance of the election. would i be too cynical that by investigating this leak the white house says, see, it wasn't us? >> are that's what i think the investigation -- i mean when you start looking at this that will come out, if that's what happened that will come out. i don't think we will get a fast and easy answer to the question, though. jon: in the meantime the election is over, that's for sure. joe trippi, thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: an accused killer described as a female james bond facing murder charges nor killing for killing a model. there could be more to this case than meets the eye here, details ahead as her trial is set to begin. plus, you have federal prosecutors investigating a leak reportedly involving national security. what justifies seizing phone hrordz from the "associated press"? a former cia officer joins us with his take on leak
the ap story apparently stems from the disclosure of a cia operation in yemen. the white house was widely accused of letting that information get out there to burnish its antiterrorism credentials -gs in advance of the election. would i be too cynical that by investigating this leak the white house says, see, it wasn't us? >> are that's what i think the investigation -- i mean when you start looking at this that will come out, if that's what happened that will come out. i don't think we...
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i think there's a little bit of that hear with the state department and the cia. if it's a terrorist attack called out there, there's going to be criticism of the cia, why didn't we know that this was coming? if it's not worded properly, there's going to be criticism spread everywhere. but here is the bottom line. you take out hillary clinton, you have a whole different story. you have a whole different modus operandi for the republicans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. are republicans using benghazi to hurt hillary clinton's chances. in 2016? text "a" for yes and "b" for no, or go to our blog and we'll bring you the results later on in the show. joining me tonight, katrina vanden heuvel, bob shrum, and contributor for the daily beast and "washington post" columnist, e.j. dionne. great to have all of you with us tonight. best panel on sunday is right here. katrina, darrell issa, they have had nine hearings on this. now he wants to take mr. pickering to testify behind closed doors, give deposition behind closed doors. what's wrong with mr.
i think there's a little bit of that hear with the state department and the cia. if it's a terrorist attack called out there, there's going to be criticism of the cia, why didn't we know that this was coming? if it's not worded properly, there's going to be criticism spread everywhere. but here is the bottom line. you take out hillary clinton, you have a whole different story. you have a whole different modus operandi for the republicans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think....
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the russians remain firmly on the side of president bashar assad. >> greg: it's a big deal that the cia chief fliss in israel. >> very big deal and very much related. top of john brennan's agenda when he met with the israely difference minister, would have been the transfer of weapons from syria to hezbollah, the militant group based in lebanon. that is of great concern to the israelis. that's why they carried out various strikes within syria, against those sort of weapons shipments. all of this putting a great deal of pressure on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as one expert, dr. joseph of the university of south carolina said to me, netanyahu cannot afford not to try to prevent the transfer of arms to hezbollah, and that probably is the key to the future of this conflict, at least in the immediate future. nobody wants a wider war here, greg, but israel has to too everything it took prevent the weapons getting across the border to hezbollah. >> greg: an important story. all right. we have an important guest. you want to stick around? >> sure. >> greg: yolanda -- i'm goin
the russians remain firmly on the side of president bashar assad. >> greg: it's a big deal that the cia chief fliss in israel. >> very big deal and very much related. top of john brennan's agenda when he met with the israely difference minister, would have been the transfer of weapons from syria to hezbollah, the militant group based in lebanon. that is of great concern to the israelis. that's why they carried out various strikes within syria, against those sort of weapons...
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that from a cia official. republican senator rand paul out of kentucky, a member of the senate foreign relations and homeland security committee with me here, sir. good morning to you, sir. >> good morningsing, where are you on this today, sir? >> one thing that is fascinating we had several statements from hillary clinton saying she wasn't involved. now turns out her spokesman was involved. miss nuland was writing statements saying you, you know what? politically this isn't going to look good. sounds like hillary clinton's fingerprints are all over these talking points and you know, really her resignation was the beginning but she never really fully accepted culpability. she needs to accept culpability for this disaster in benghazi. bill: in addition to hillary clinton, that is the person you want to talk to then? >> well, yeah, because she has been saying she had nothing to do with these talking points. sounds like her spokesman, which is essentially her, is e-mailing back and forth saying she is having conv
that from a cia official. republican senator rand paul out of kentucky, a member of the senate foreign relations and homeland security committee with me here, sir. good morning to you, sir. >> good morningsing, where are you on this today, sir? >> one thing that is fascinating we had several statements from hillary clinton saying she wasn't involved. now turns out her spokesman was involved. miss nuland was writing statements saying you, you know what? politically this isn't going...
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diplomat accused of being a spy for the cia. ryan fogel allegedly was trying to recruit a russian security official. a spokesman for the russian president calls the incident regrettable. he was found with two wigs, a knife, a compass and $13,000 in cash. he has been ordered to leave russia. >>> back in this country, spring is prime time for 38 million bird watchers. for one group in michigan, it's more than just a simple hobby. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: the white canes would seem to be an unusual accessory for a group of bird watchers. >> ooh, i heard a cardinal. they're everywhere. >> reporter: they listen because they're blind, as is their guide, donna possant. >> my whole idea is getting them out here, listen to nature, listen to the birds so they'll care about it, so they'll care enough to make a difference in the world. >> reporter: it's called birding by ear. she discovered it when she first started hiking alone four years ago. >> start recording. >> reporter: recorded bird sounds help her identify and sometimes
diplomat accused of being a spy for the cia. ryan fogel allegedly was trying to recruit a russian security official. a spokesman for the russian president calls the incident regrettable. he was found with two wigs, a knife, a compass and $13,000 in cash. he has been ordered to leave russia. >>> back in this country, spring is prime time for 38 million bird watchers. for one group in michigan, it's more than just a simple hobby. dean reynolds reports. >> reporter: the white canes...